BUILDING FOR THE SU 76.

Guys many thanks... 570 Its all done with mirrors and I pay the management.


Today I fitted the guttering, would have been quicker to do 1/1
Made the brkts from pewter, drilled a 7mm hole into the gutter and then fed the down pipe up and glued it in. I glued the brkts on the foam board and then slipped the guttering under as in 1/1. Down pipe brkts were made again from the pewter folded over as in the roof joining strips, then just wrapped around, over lapped and removed. The over lap was glued and when dry the brkts were slid up the pipe.


the top brkt slipped down ! when the building was placed up right .
Later it was re glued in the correct place.


Couldn't believe my luck when it worked and the brkt folded over.


Well there we have it, at the end of play I primed all the pewter , and foil , including some of the under side.
Get back to your seats after the interval, Cpl Jones is on the bar ably helped by Allan Dewire who has flown in for this next stage.
Note books ready.

Thanks for following, the kind comments. Suggestions that I move to a dolls house forum are uncalled for .
John.

Evening John,
Just having a catch up round here and blimey you’ve been a busy boy!

That’s a lot of work you’ve put and good to see you did the skirting boards too
Very impressed with the details mate....seriously too stuff

John,
My apologies mate I have missed a lot of this, but just had a good catch up and to be honest I am speechless. You have surpassed yourself mate that building is superb you are capturing every detail.

Your skills as a craftsmen are shining through John. Amazing work.

Si Benson said:

Evening John,
Just having a catch up round here and blimey you’ve been a busy boy!

That’s a lot of work you’ve put and good to see you did the skirting boards too
Very impressed with the details mate....seriously too stuff

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Hi Si .......... Glad you approve and thank you.

scottie3158 said:

John,
My apologies mate I have missed a lot of this, but just had a good catch up and to be honest I am speechless. You have surpassed yourself mate that building is superb you are capturing every detail.

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Thanks Paul ... Very kind of you to say.

Peter Day said:

Your skills as a craftsmen are shining through John. Amazing work.

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Peter...... Thank you, I actually feel safe when doing building, as know a little bit more than I do with the kits ! Where I know hardly anything .
Thanks guys .

John boy that is a truly great building. Top marks on a job well done.....

You are quite right, it does help me too having been 'In the Trade' when it comes to designing and building our own stuff.

And your cracking model more than proves it.

Thanks Ron.
That's very kind of you to say.
I know there are some inaccuracies, esp the joists going that way but easier to hold the floor up with the back wall missing.
The best is yet to come !!!!!! If you know what I mean gov.
453 Race. Rtd

Good evening gang.
Well some progress this last few days. Windows have been made. Used the Balsa and some plastic sections. Will paint them next after the roof has been started.

A few will have some remains of glass glued in after painting.
The building its self has had a sealing coat of Matt Varnish to the front stone cladding. Once this was dry I made a mix up and applied using a brush and then sponge.



I wanted a more yellowish stone colour, might do another wash coat tomorrow afternoon.
Just for interest here is a shot of the front with the bottom front .


This will be blown out frontwards, then run over by the SP, so this will have to broken up and some details added.
The other day Pete Low very kindly sent me this .


A great book , so thanks Pete your a gentleman.
Cant find where the latest offering page is found the thing in the end , but leaving it here.

Expecting some goodies from John at the Scale Model Shop in the next few days, including some snow .Mind according to the weather its coming anyway.

Comments, abuse, or help always gratefully received.

John.
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Hi John great work, front looks very realistic! And sorry no abuse.

DIRK

John,
Looking good mate you have this building lark down to a fine art.

It appears your creative juices are still flowing 453, keep up the good work!
Cheers, Rick H.

That's a very nice flame free looking building. Some top flashing work there.

Don't mention the F word Mick otherwise it will be out with buckets of water again!

Keeps getting better and better John.

Nice damage and colouring of the ceilings, great looking gutter and roof too.

Durk said:

Hi John great work, front looks very realistic! And sorry no abuse.

DIRK

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Oh Durk......... most others such as Steve Jones do thank you for the nice comment

scottie3158 said:

John,
Looking good mate you have this building lark down to a fine art.

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Paul thank you , its the only thing I feel safe with :smirk:

Mini Me said:

It appears your creative juices are still flowing 453, keep up the good work!
Cheers, Rick H.

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Thanks Rick....... the best is to come !!!!!.

Mickc1440 said:

That's a very nice flame free looking building. Some top flashing work there.

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Mick thank you , but you might be wrong on the flame free.!!!!

Steve Jones said:

Don't mention the F word Mick otherwise it will be out with buckets of water again!

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Steve.............. oh you are so right ! it will be and not long to wait.

Fernando N said:

Keeps getting better and better John.

Nice damage and colouring of the ceilings, great looking gutter and roof too.

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Thanks Fernando. ...... hope you like the roof of copper sheet and the building front.

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Last night I did a pre colouring of the green copper on the roof. To day I did another lighter coat, there is no standard shade to use, weather, and environmental all play a part in determining the shade. I checked roofs on Google ( there are other search engines available ) and there were a multitude of shades.



This is the back and still wet, I hope the pools of paint stay like that, I'd thinned the colour out after doing thefront, not to bothered if it doesn't as this part is going to suffer !!!!!



Front !


I also did another coat of the cream stone, its a bit grey due to the darker back ground, but that actually does'n distract , as the stone would have suffered smoke damage and staining very quickly. Now where are the matches !!!!

That's it for tonight, enjoy.
Hope to have a good day tomorrow, so should get those window frames painted and weathered along with the guttering.
Comments, etc welcome .

John.

Just catching up on this now...looks great and looking forward to the snow...I’d be interested to see how you get on and what you use as I have never really got my head around it??
Thanks
Jason

Jason Crausby said:

Just catching up on this now...looks great and looking forward to the snow...I’d be interested to see how you get on and what you use as I have never really got my head around it??
Thanks
Jason

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Hi Jason, thanks for looking in. I'm going to use Precision Ice & Snow.
There are some good videos on U Tube from several people, including the company. I've never used it before, so should be fun.
John.

John,
Looking forward to watching this as thinking of doing a wintery scene in the future.

NEWS FLASH !!!!!!!!!
Reports are coming in to Race Towers of a fire in a building.
Our correspondent Ivor Burnesky will be sending a report with photos later this evening ....

Do we need to be worried.